ITBB Basics
How long is each half in inner tube basketball?
What is ten minutes?
What is the penalty for fouling after a team has committed 2 or more team fouls?
What is one point and possession of the ball for the opposing team?
What is the required uniform when refereeing ITBB?
What is RFC Staff shirt and pants/shorts and shoes you don’t mind getting wet?
What kind of jewelry is allowed when playing ITBB?
What is none?
What constitutes a technical foul in inner tube basketball?
What is unsportsmanlike conduct or dunking/attempting to dunk?
What are the coed combinations of ITBB?
What is 2/2, 2/1, 1/2?
What is the cherry-picking rule?
Offensive players must clear the cherry-picking cone line when the team is not in possession. This is to prevent players from sitting under the basket.
How many people need to carry the hoops when setting up and tearing down ITBB?
What is two people?
If the ball is released on the three-point line and the basket is good, how many points are awarded?
What is 2 points?
How long are players allowed to remain in continuous control of the ball and what is the penalty for going over this limit?
What is 5 seconds, and a turnover?
In what 2 situations can substitutions be made in inner tube basketball?
What is during time-outs or between periods?
What is the exception to the rule saying players cannot kick the ball?
What is kicking the ball up to yourself?
DAILY DOUBLE: How many cones are set up on the edge of the pool, where do they go, and what are they for?
What is 5 cones, one goes in the center (center line), two go on the black T closest to each hoop (cherry picking), and two go on the second T out from each hoop (3-point line) cone?
How does an ITBB game begin?
What is the official tosses the ball into the center of the playing area and blows his/her whistle?
What is the maximum number of fouls a player can accumulate in inner tube basketball?
What is there is no limit on player fouls?
What is the mercy rule?
What 20 with five mins or less OR 10 one minute or less remaining?
DAILY DOUBLE: What are five fouls in ITBB?
Grabbing onto or holding the side of the pool, intentionally touching the ball while out of the tube, kicking the ball, skin to skin or skin to tube contact, splashing during a throw in, voluntarily getting out of tube to relocate faster, players not swimming under the buoy line to get in the game
What is the proper way to move the flags and store the flags when setting up ITBB?
What is unhook flags from locker room side of pool, carry them over without them getting wet, and hook the flags on the hook on the weightroom side?
During which minute(s) of the game and during what situations does the clock stop in ITBB?
What is during the final minute of each half (and overtime) when there is a foul, a jump ball, any dead ball situation (ball out of bounds, injury…etc.), Time-out
What should you do as a ref if the ball goes out of bounds?
What is blow your whistle and give the ball to the team with possession. Play will resume from the spot closest to where the ball went out.
How does overtime work in ITBB?
What is a two-minute overtime period followed by sudden death if the score remains tied?
When are teams not allowed to splash opponents?
What is when a player is throwing the ball in or when a player does not have the ball?
What are 7 pieces of equipment that need to be moved/set up for ITBB?
What is cones, lane lines, flags, hoops, bases, table, score board, chairs, buoy lines, tubes, ball?
What is considered legal defense in inner tube basketball?
What is tube-to-tube contact and splashing an opponent?
What is the over and back rule and when does it apply in ITBB?
What is a team may not pass the ball to a player behind the half court line once they crossed the half court marker and it is enforced for the last minute of the first and second half or overtime period(s)?